[Wim Lewis]

We're pretty syncretic when it comes to methodologies; we've never subscribed to a particular one. But Extreme Programming (despite the awful name) describes a lot of things we've found to work well for us, for example; we tend towards the "genius"/rapid/agile end of the spectrum, but as we (and our individual products) grow, there's an increasing tension between that and the predictability promised by the waterfall styles. Saying "we will release no code before its time!" makes the people doing release publicity unhappy.